A rare fatal course of disease in a patient with spontaneous pituitary apoplexy. Case report and literature review

Neurosurg Rev. 1999 Oct;22(2-3):163-9. doi: 10.1007/s101430050056.

Abstract

A rare fatal course of a spontaneous pituitary apoplexy is described and its histological and pathophysiological causes are discussed. A review of the literature gives an overview of the historical and epidemiological data.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adenoma / pathology
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / pathology
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Necrosis
  • Pituitary Apoplexy / pathology*
  • Pituitary Neoplasms / pathology